Rachel Hall-Clifford

Rachel Hall-Clifford is an associate professor in International Health in the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She is a medical anthropologist who applies co-design approaches to global health research and implementation. For 20 years she has worked in the central highlands of Guatemala on the delivery of health services, including accessible health care for marginalized populations, health systems strengthening in post-genocide contexts, and global health fieldwork ethics. She authored “Underbelly: Childhood Diarrhea and the Hidden Local Realities of Global Health.”

  • How To Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World

    How To Be a Diamond in a Rhinestone World

    I grew up in the kind of place where government cheese was baked onto rectangular pizzas, and every talent show included a Dolly. The singer still informs my work in global health: Even those who have no money can be as rich as they could be.